Advanced Courses

Second Year, Fourth Semester

As well as having successfully passed all first year course work a trainee must also satisfactorily complete both Practicum Courses and have a total of 120 clinical teaching hours in order to pursue advanced course work or have permission from the Clinical Teaching Board.

EDU 6332/Advanced Course A, Advanced Cognitive and Linguistic Structures of Written Language, Part I: Overview of advanced dyslexia instruction.  Introduces upper levels of the curriculum.  Begins instruction in the more complex aspects of the English written code.

Second Year, Fifth Semester

EDU 6333/Advanced Course B, Advanced Cognitive and Linguistic Structures of Written Language, Part II: Continuation of instruction in Curriculum Level III. Refinement of previously developed procedures and techniques, phonetic irregularities, and semantic and syntactic structures.

EDU 6102/Practicum Experience: Clinical teaching and therapy practices. Requires clinical teaching reports and two therapy demonstrations. Students continue to work with advisors.

Second Year, Sixth Semester

EDU 6233/Advanced Course C, Advanced Cognitive & Linguistic Structures of Written Language, Part III: Continuation and completion of instruction in advanced levels of curriculum.  Acquisition of more sophisticated therapy techniques, including transition and closure.  Review of record keeping and student progress measurement.  Discussion of professional dyslexia-related organizations.

EDU 6103/Practicum Experience: Clinical teaching and therapy practices. Requires clinical teaching reports and two therapy demonstrations. Students continue to work with advisors.

For More Information

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Phone: 214-SMU-READ (768-7323)
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